System description
The Simrad TV80 program is the latest, and most complete solution to show all the information about your fishing operation on the screen presentation. Its flexible and intuitive design gives you the possibility of noticing any changes or trends in the relevant data from the fishing gear and/or gear monitoring sensors. A quick look at the screen is enough.
With the TV80 system, you can record all the data received from the sensors, and save them as data files on your computer. You can copy the files to other vessels, or to net and trawl door manufacturers. The TV80 also generates time stamped data files with all the relevant information appreciated by scientists. While displaying the data provided by the sensors on your gear, the TV80 also calculates additional data based on the information from the gear monitoring and navigation sensors.
The Simrad TV80 system can “present” data received from the following gear monitoring systems:
•  Simrad PI32
•  Simrad PI44
•  Simrad PI54
•  Simrad ITI
•  Simrad FS70
•  Simrad PX Gear monitoring sensors
•  Simrad PxPos Gear monitoring sensors
The Simrad TV80 system can be connected - and can also control - the following receivers:
•  Simrad PI50 Receiver Unit
•  Simrad PI60 Receiver Unit
•  Simrad SR15 Receiver Unit
•  Simrad SR70 Receiver Unit
•  Simrad TP90 Positioning Transceiver
User configurable presentation of data
Several different presentation modes are available for data presentation, and with a large display you can bring them all up simultaneously. You can also visualize the sensor data in two or three displays, allowing you to handle a lot of valuable information without saturating the screen.
In the TV80 program, the presentation of sensor data is organized in views. The views provide you with the information you need to control the functionality and the operational parameters. In the TV80 program, you can use a maximum of four views per screen simultaneously. If you use less than four views, you can choose their layout according to your operational requirements or personal preferences.
Built-in frequency spectrum
The quality of the acoustic communication link between the sensors and the receiver can be challenged by noise. When noise appears in the same frequency range as the sensors are using for their communication, the resulting information may be unstable or unreadable. The TV80 offers a spectrum analyser that shows the signals from each hydrophone. The graph in the Spectrum dialog box provides you with information about the background noise and the signal strength in the selected frequency band. With this information you can identify noise and find the "cleanest" frequencies.
Software license
A valid software license is required to operate the TV80 system. The TV80 system offers various licensing options designed to fit your common fishing scenario.
The following licensing options are available for the TV80 system:
•  No License
–  Without a valid license, your TV80 system will not show real time data from the gear monitoring sensors.
–  You can, however, define and configure your own set up of gear monitoring sensors for a later use.
–  You can add an SR Replayer to replay some previously recorded PX sensors data
–  Next to the software version in the bottom bar, you can see if no license is installed.
•  Purse Seine License
–  You can set up a purse seine gear and add and configure all the gear monitoring sensors related to this gear.
–  You can set up the interfaces with gear monitoring receivers and define the communication parameters.
–  You can visualize gear monitoring data on some specific gauges.
•  Full Trawl and Purse Seine License
–  You can set up a trawl gear (single and twin) and a purse seine gear and add and configure all the gear monitoring sensors related to any of them.
–  You can set up the interfaces with gear monitoring receivers and define the communication parameters.
–  You can visualize gear monitoring data on all existing gauges.
•  Full Trawl and Purse Seine License with Positioning License
–  You can set up a trawl gear (single and twin) and a purse seine gear and add and configure all the gear monitoring sensors related to any of them.
–  You can set up the interfaces with gear monitoring receivers and define the communication parameters.
–  You can visualize gear monitoring data on all existing gauges.
–  You can use the TP90 transceiver on your TV80 system and receive information about the position of the sensors.